Ink well or stand.



PATBNTED FEB. 19, 1907.

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INK WELL OR STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed October 19,1906. Serial No. 339,659.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. PITCOOK, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Vv aynesburg, in the county of Greene and Stateof Pennsylvania, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inInk ells or Stands, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in inkwells or stands; and the invention has for its primary object to providea non spillable well or stand which will be extremely simple in construction, easy to clean, inexpensive to manufacture, and strong and durable.

My stand or well comprises a suitable receptacle having a detachable lidof substan- In the receptacle is mounted a yielding member or closureadapted to partially close a frustoconical opening formed in the frustumof the lid of the receptacle.

The detail construction of my improved well or stand will be presentlydescribed and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the ink well orstand. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a planof the well or stand, and Fig. I is a horizontal sectional view taken online 90 a. of Fig. 2.

My well or stand comprises a receptacle 1, having an interiorly-threadedupper end 2. The bottom 3 of the receptacle is provided with a centralhollow standard 4, in which a coil-spring 5 is mounted. In the hollowstandard i is placed a member or closure 6, having a cone-shaped head 7.The head 7 constitutes a guard for the pen when in the normal positionand acts as a valve to close the opening in the lid when the well isupset.

Upon the receptacle 1 is placed a lid 8, substantially in the form of afrustum of a cone and having a lateral peripheral flange 9. The lid 8 isthreaded, as at 10, to engage in the I upper threaded end 2 of thereceptacle 1. The lid 8 is also formed with a frusto-conical seat '11,and in close proximity to this seat the head 7 of the member 6 isnormally held.

The lid 8, together with the side walls of the receptacle 1, form anannular compart ment 12, this compartment serving to hold the ink orwriting fluid contained within the well or stand when the well or standis accidentally tilted or inverted. The member or closure 6 is adaptedto close the opening in the lid ing the seat 11, preventing the-ink orfluid from being discharged through the opening in said lid. The spring5, mounted within the receptacle 1, normally holds the member or closure6 in close proximity to the seat 11, whereby it will be almostimpossible for dust or other matter to enter the receptacle and clog thewriting fluid contained therein. The spring 5 is made of a suflicienttension to normally maintain the member or closure 6 in the positiondisclosed in the accompanying drawings, but the tension of this springcan be readily overcome when a pen is to be immersed in the ink orfluid, it only being necessary to press upon the member of closure untilthe pen placed thereon is immersed in the writing fluid contained withinthe well or stand.

My improved ink well or stand is preferably constructed of a vitreousmaterial and can be made of various sizes for commercial purposes.

hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ink-well comprising a receptacle, a lid therefor of substantiallyinverted-frustoconical form having a frusto-conical seat in its apex, ahollow standard mounted on the base of said receptacle, a springinclosed by said standard, and a combined pen-guard and closure memberembodying a shank mounted in the standard and resting on said spring,and a frusto-conical head carried by the shank and projecting into saidfrustoconical recess and normally free from engagement with the wallthereof.

2. In an ink-well, a receptacle, a lid of substantiallyinverted-frusto-conical form havwhen the well or stand is inverted byengag- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

WVILLIAM E. PITCOCK.

ing a frusto-conical recess in its apex, and a combined guard andclosure member comprising a shank spring-supported from the I receptacleand havinga frusto-conical head 1 projecting into said frusto-conicalrecess and Witnesses: I normally free from engagement With the FRANKINGHRAM, Walls thereof. S. L. GUTHRIE.

